So I have had the privilege of being able to go see some of my favorite bands in concert over the last few weeks and it has been pretty incredible. First I went and saw Rival Choir, Forevermore, He Is Legend, and Norma Jean over in Detroit. This past weekend I was able to go see Caspian and Underøath. Both shows were absolutely phenomenal, the air seemed to be electric as the music sounded throughout the room and the audience sang/screamed along with the music. If you have never been to a good rock show before I would highly encourage you to go to one, it is an amazing experience.
After the shows were over both times I asked myself a question, that question was "Why can't worship at church be like this?" This is a question I have been mulling over the last few weeks as I have been preparing for a music/worship based retreat out here at camp. Why not? Why can't worship have the same amazing feeling as a good concert? After thinking about this for a while I have come to one thing. Are you ready, it is a pretty earth shattering faith shaking question.
Where is the focus?
Lets think about this for a moment, when you are at church singing along with the worship band what are you thinking about? Is your heart/mind totally in the worship, or are you casually thinking about what you are going to eat later that day? Are you focusing on the lyrics or thinking about the sports game later?
When you are at a concert everyone is there with one mindset, and that mindset is the fact that they want to see that band play. They want to sing along at the top of their lungs to the songs that have meant so much to them. They are all there IN ONE MIND.
One of the most powerful, electric movements of the Holy Spirit in the Bible is in the book of Acts chapter 1 and it specifically mentions how they were all IN ONE MIND!
What would happen if we tried to focus just a little bit more on worship, what if we all gave it just 65% of our focus? I think some incredible things would happen! So why don't we try that, next time you are in a worship service, try to give just a little bit more focus to the worship.
